[SamAdams76]

What whiners in this thread. Just put on a pair of boots when you go outside and slog through it. What's the big deal? It will all melt soon enough anyhow. Keep nanny government off our backs.

[Willie Green]

What whiners in this thread. Just put on a pair of boots when you go outside and slog through it. What's the big deal?

Got that right.
Just a bunch of pisant extremists who don't want to conform to any normal obligations associated with living in close proximity to neighbors in a small community. Sidewalks are the simplest form of public conveyence in small towns, and facilitate convenient & safe walking for their residents. While the town itself may have originally installed the sidewalks, residents are often required to provide mainentance and upkeep for the portion that crosses their property.

No big deal, it's better than paying increased taxes to support a full time sidewalk maintenance department for the town. If a resident is physically unable to keep his/her sidewalk clear, there's usually a neighborhood teenager available who'll do it for a few bucks. (And if you're not a crotchedy old coot, odds are that the teenager's parents will insist that he do it for nothing, just to be neighborly.)

[Revolting cat!]

And then they have the nerve to tell us which side of the road to drive on, and even when to stop the vehicle and when to start moving it again, and to top it off, what currency to use to buy something like chewing gum! Enough of this fascist totalitarian liberal nanny government, I say! And don't get me started on the tags attached to the mattresses you buy in this nanny government country! My dad, if he were alive and 92 years olds, wouldn't be able to read them without his glasses! I'll stop before I go out and start a violent revolution and government overthrow!